Example sentences of "they [modal v] say [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third is that they may say things that seem absolutely correct at the time , but which are made ludicrous by the unfolding of events . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been a team for ever , and they 'll say things like , ‘ If we 're no going to learn a lot more about this character , why do we have so much about him in the beginning ? ’ |
| 3 | Women tend to use more questions which sort of softens the effect of what they 're saying , so they 'll say things like , There we go and the men say things like , Let's go . |
| 4 | They 'd say things like , ‘ Glen , you 've been a really naughty boy . |
| 5 | ‘ Inflation ’ , as this is called , got a rapturous reception when it was put forward in 1980 , despite , or perhaps because of , its weirdness ( cosmologists , after all , undergo years of training so that they can say things like ‘ When the universe was the size of a grapefruit ’ without blushing or laughing ) . |